Executive Committee

As defined in the bylaws, the Executive Committee acts on behalf of the Board between board meetings and is charged with oversight of administrative, financial, and management activities.


  1. Melissa S Bechhoefer Melissa S Bechhoefer, President

    Director of Integrative Collections at Denver Museum of Nature & Science

  2. Chris Helms Chris Helms, Vice President

    Senior Collections Manager at Adler Planetarium

  3. Shannon C White Shannon C White, Treasurer

    Collections Manager at Gaston County Museum

  4. Elise V LeCompte Elise V LeCompte, Recording Secretary

    Registrar at Florida Museum of Natural History

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The mission of ARCS is to represent and promote registrars and collection specialists, to educate the profession in best practices of registration and collections care, and to facilitate communication and networking.

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